Monaro - Official Police Magnet

[MyM8V8]

Devolution, a marvel of British (brutish) politics!

[jonnM]

Sounds like you need to get MOT'd in this country. Or face being pulled every time you pass an ANPR

[preciousmetal]

Yanayaya said:

SturdyHSV said:

I don't mean to sound unfriendly, but that's not because it's a Monaro, it's because it was Irish?

For what it's worth, in 30,000 miles I've never even been followed in it, and I'm a fairly young looking chap

It's sad to say but it IS because it's a Monaro if you live in Aberdeen that will make sense to you as anyone who owns a car that's different tends to get pulled over but I've never seen drama quite like this.

Edited by Yanayaya on Monday 20th October 13:45

if its because its different, then surely have to accept this as you chose a Monaro and knew this was likely to happen in Aberdeen as cars that are different get pulled, or either move or sell the car if its because its a Monaro in Aberdeen that's the problem but get a proper UK VOSA MOT first

this post has S60HSV written all over it

[throwyourbike]

Northern Ireland is part of the UK so the car has a valid MOT.

Just keep the certificate in the car from now on until you need to renew it. I wouldn't spend more money getting a new MOT just because the government can't be bothered to keep their systems up to date.

[Yanayaya]

throwyourbike said:

Northern Ireland is part of the UK so the car has a valid MOT.

Just keep the certificate in the car from now on until you need to renew it. I wouldn't spend more money getting a new MOT just because the government can't be bothered to keep their systems up to date.

That's exactly what I've done, I keep the certificate on me. The guy did say that their systems do talk, just not very often.

[Yanayaya]

preciousmetal said:

this post has S60HSV written all over it

oh? lol I don't know what that means.

[TonyTwoTribes]

I had the same problem on a Harley I brought from Ireland, the MOT was done in Northern Ireland so not checkable on the DVLA database (well some of them anyway) as it was ok for Tax and had a UK V5, plates etc. To avoid any possible chats with PC Plod and lets start looking at it closely then ( because computer says no!) I just got a UK MOT.

[preciousmetal]

TonyTwoTribes said:

I had the same problem on a Harley I brought from Ireland, the MOT was done in Northern Ireland so not checkable on the DVLA database (well some of them anyway) as it was ok for Tax and had a UK V5, plates etc. To avoid any possible chats with PC Plod and lets start looking at it closely then ( because computer says no!) I just got a UK MOT.

+1 as even if you have NI MOT in car you will still get pulled and have to explain.

[Yanayaya]

TonyTwoTribes said:

I had the same problem on a Harley I brought from Ireland, the MOT was done in Northern Ireland so not checkable on the DVLA database (well some of them anyway) as it was ok for Tax and had a UK V5, plates etc. To avoid any possible chats with PC Plod and lets start looking at it closely then ( because computer says no!) I just got a UK MOT.

When he kept saying his computer said I had no MOT all I could picture was



:lol:

[Yanayaya]

preciousmetal said:

+1 as even if you have NI MOT in car you will still get pulled and have to explain.

Totally and to be honest I don't blame the Police like I said it wasn't the officers fault the system was out of date, the only situation he should be ashamed of was the dramatic traffic antics (which annoyed me more than the MOT issues). I just keep the cert in the car, makes things easier and I get the extra joy of feeling special when the police want to talk to me. To be honest they will start to know the car and not bother after a while.

[ARAF]

Yanayaya said:

TonyTwoTribes said:

I had the same problem on a Harley I brought from Ireland, the MOT was done in Northern Ireland so not checkable on the DVLA database (well some of them anyway) as it was ok for Tax and had a UK V5, plates etc. To avoid any possible chats with PC Plod and lets start looking at it closely then ( because computer says no!) I just got a UK MOT.

When he kept saying his computer said I had no MOT all I could picture was



:lol:

As long as he didn't cough in your face as well.

[Yanayaya]

ARAF said:

As long as he didn't cough in your face as well.

He did stroke his beard......

[ARAF]

Yanayaya said:

ARAF said:

As long as he didn't cough in your face as well.

He did stroke his beard......

....and said "I'm a lady, I do lady things."

[Madgevxr]

I've had two police officers pull up along side me, they weren't interested in tax or mot, just showing genuine interest in the car and one wishing he had the big V8 to catch the criminals. ...

[Yertis]

I once had police follow me and my Monaro right across Dorset (well, Blandford to Poole) just so they could tell me I had no MoT. To be fair, I had no MoT, it had expired the day before (I'd had it done a month early the year before but had forgotten that). If he'd said 'fair enough, mind you get it done, etc' I would hve been quite grateful. As it was he made great play of issuing a £60 fine.

[vxr2010]

Hi email Dvla they normally get back in a few days and tell them about the mot issue they may be able to solve it at no cost to you , if not I would get it mot'd in the uk , there is still a delay from the mot going on the anpr database saying you have one but it will get you left alone , the car that stopped you would have been traffic police most likely as they have the anpr cameras on them , plus least amount of sympathy